froth : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: froth	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for froth
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
froth n a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid; "the beer had a thick head of foam" Synonym(s): foam, froth v become bubbly or frothy or foaming; "The boiling soup was frothing"; "The river was foaming"; "Sparkling water" Synonym(s): foam, froth, fizz, effervesce, sparkle, form bubbles make froth or foam and become bubbly; "The river foamed" Synonym(s): froth, spume, suds exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Froth \Froth\, n. [OE. frothe, Icel. fro[eb]a; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. [be]freo[eb]an to froth.] 1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. 2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. --Johnson. It was a long speech, but all froth. --L'Estrange. 3. Light, unsubstantial matter. --Tusser. {Froth insect} (Zo[94]l.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also {froth spit}, {froth worm}, and {froth fly}. {Froth spit}. See {Cuckoo spit}, under Cuckoo.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Froth \Froth\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frothed}; p. pr. & vb. n.. {Frothing}.] 1. To cause to foam. 2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. He . . . froths treason at his mouth. --Dryden. Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? --Tennyson. 3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Froth \Froth\, v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths.